Title
getaddrinfo failed "Temporary failure in name resolution" "Connection timed out"

Date
2009-10-28

Summary
The errors below may appear when:
  • Using opmnctl
  • Using the silent installer to install Oracle Application Server, BPEL Process Manager, Enterprise Service Bus, or Web Services Manager
This occurs because some processes/programs in the software above is unable to lookup the hostname via DNS on some VMs (in this case, VMware Server 2.0.1 Build 156745). This occurs even those your local hosts file is configured correctly.

The error may appear repeatedly during installation or startup/shutdown as follows:
    getaddrinfo failed "Temporary failure in name resolution" "Connection timed out"
If the following Linux commands time out, then you need to implement one of the two solutions below:
    dig myservername.thisisahmed.com
    host myservername.thisisahmed.com
Details
1. Solution #1

  • Ensure that all hosts in your installation are in DNS.
  • Ensure that all servers in your cluster are correctly configured to use your DNS server.

    • 2. Solution #2

  • Configure a local DNS server on one of your servers (Solution #1 is more ideal though).

    Follow http://thisisahmed.com/tia/linux/named.html for instructions on how to do this.

    • Applicable Versions
    Oracle SOA Suite 10g 10.1.3
    Ahmed Aboulnaga
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